1To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Powell and Charles Fierer, 23 December 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Pardon us Sir, for the Liberty we take in Addressing you on a Subject which has already put us under many Obligations to you and which will always be Remembered with the utmost Gratitude. When we last had the Honor of Conversing with you on the Subject Respecting the Establishment of a Glas Manufactory in the State of Virginia, we had a Prospect of Raising a Sufficiant Sum of Money for that...
2To James Madison from Charles Fierer, 26 January 1794 (Madison Papers)
The many civilities I have received from you, Sir, on a former occasion, induces me to solicit your patronage to a petition which the Honble. Richard B. Lee will lay before the Honble. House of which you are a member. I will not take up your time with a detail of the particulars of my case, as the petition and the vouchers attending the same will explain my situation. I will only observe, that...
3To George Washington from Charles Fierer, 10 July 1793 (Washington Papers)
Your excellency as the Soldier’s friend, will I hope be pleased to pardon the liberty I take in addressing myself, to your Excellency, on a subject of a private nature, but of the greatest importance to myself. Early in the month of September, in 1778 when the American head-quarters, were at the White-Plaines, I as an Officer in the German service arrived there, from New York, and was...
4To George Washington from Charles Fierer, 14 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
I received your Excellency’s answer to my letter, of the 7th of July last, which induces me to hope that (as this favourable opportunity offers) your Excellency will be kindly pleased to indulge me with a copy of the letter, which was the object of my former application; The letter was dated (I think) sometime in August 1778—Head quarters, at the White plains, and directed to Henry Laurens...